Are you a registered Physiotherapist?
Our Rapid Response & Intermediate Care service is expanding across Buckinghamshire – and we need you to join our Urgent Community Response squads.
Your Role
To provide expert clinical interventions and rehabilitation as part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary squad that reacts quickly when people are in crisis. Our target response time is under 2 hours.
Your Aim
To help patients stay in their own home, empowering recovery and preventing unnecessary conveyance or hospitalisation.
Your Team
Add your expertise to our multi-disciplinary community team working with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Specialist Paramedics, Pharmacists, and Healthcare Assistants. Urgent Response teams work closely with Intermediate Care staff to provide support to keep people at home wherever possible.
Our Promise to You
We will support and invest in you to develop advanced skills relevant to the post.
Disclaimer
The trust reserves the right to close the vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications; early submission is recommended.
Please note: Previous applicants need not apply.
Main Duties
* Comprehensive specialist assessment, review, and evaluation of the needs of patients and carers within a 0-2 hour, 2-24 hour timeframe.
* Undertaking an urgent community response to people in their own homes to prevent hospital conveyances and keep patients safe at home with the appropriate clinical interventions.
* Collaborating with a range of professionals to ensure care is appropriate and delivered promptly.
* Demonstrating professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning/co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery.
* Supporting the development of clinical pathways.
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
* Learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
* Flexible and agile working options, NHS benefits including generous annual leave, pension, and NHS discount schemes.
* Health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
* We promote inclusion and ensure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds.
* We aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues are treated with dignity and respect.
* Greater diversity improves outcomes for the communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
* Our vision: Provide outstanding care, support healthy communities, and be a great place to work.
* Our mission: Provide personal and compassionate care every time.
* Our CARE values: Collaborate, Aspire, Respect, Enable.
For detailed responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached in the advert.
Internal applicants may consider secondment with line manager support. For assistance due to disability, contact us at bht.recruitment@nhs.net.
This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Aug 2025.
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